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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday granted emergency use authorization for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series. On Jan. 3, the FDA authorized the use of …

New York City, the largest city of the United States, raised its COVID-19 alert level from “medium” to “high” on Tuesday, as infections continue to go up in recent weeks. The rating means there is high COVID-19 community spread and pressure on the health care system in the city is …

Pakistan’s Shehroze Kashif and Abdul Joshi continued shining in the mountaineering world as on Sunday they made the nation proud once again by ascending peaks Lhotse and Everest, respectively. “Shehroze has summitted the world’s 4th highest peak Lhotse (8516m) at 6:05 am PST,” Karrar Haidri, secretary Alpine Club of Pakistan …

As the Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast mainly very hot and dry in most parts of the country during the next week, health experts have suggested the residents of the twin cities adopt protective measures to stay safe from various diseases which were likely to be caused by hot weather. …

Andrew Symonds, who died on Saturday night in a car crash aged 46, was instantly recognisable on the cricket field with a mop of dreadlocks poking out from his baggy green cap and lips gleaming with white zinc cream. A hulking presence at 6ft 2in (1.87m) with a grin as …

Former Australia allrounder Andrew Symonds has died in a car crash at the age of 46. Andrew Symonds was an Australian international cricketer, who played all three formats as a batting all-rounder. He was an important member of two World Cup winning squads. Symonds played as a right-handed, middle order …

British boxer of Pakistan-origin Amir Khan on Friday called it a day, bringing an end to a glittering 17-year professional career. The 35-year-old former world champion took to Twitter to announce his retirement. “It’s time to hang up my gloves. I feel blessed to have had such an amazing career …

The 19th Westbury National Seniors & Juniors Tennis Championship will commence from tomorrow, Saturday 14th May at the hard Courts of Modern club Karachi. The Westbury Group is the sponsor of this week long national tournament and Para Sports Pakistan is providing technical assistance for Wheelchair event. Pakistan-origin British Boxer …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, taking notice of the detection of highly-infectious sub-variant of Omicron virus, directed the restoration of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The prime minister ordered immediate restoration of the NCOC after the country a day earlier had reported its first case of Omicron …

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has detected the first case of Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1 in Pakistan. According to NIH’s spokesperson, this new sub-variant is causing increasing number of cases in different countries. He said that the best preventive measure “besides mask-wearing at crowded places, is COVID-19 vaccination.” He added, …